Maybe try: Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Coakley
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094112/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review332.pdf
Amateur's Mind by Jeremy Silman
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094419/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/ammind.pdf
https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/amateurs-mind-the-2nd-edition/
A strategy book with general ideas that you can implement but with the emphasis on NOT being shown examples.
I’ll take one! 😉
Haha, yeah.
@ the OP, just any beginner book will be fine. For example
https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Strategies-Everyman/dp/1857443853
You can also shop around, read reviews on amazon, etc.
But eventually to get better you're going to want a book full of analysis.
Is it a lot of work? Well... yeah. It is. Chess is tough like that.
I'm looking for a good middlegame strategy book which isn't just endless lines of analysis. I find I learn much better is the author is more presenting general ideas and I can build upon them by implementing them in my own games and learning from my own experiences rather than being shown examples.
May have not worded the question too well but I hope you understand what I mean,
Thanks for any help.